About Franklin

What to say about me? Hmm. Okay: Let's start with the fact that I'm pierced, tattooed, jaded, kinky, and polyamorous; I take pictures, spin fire, and dabble in electronics; and I've been known to blow up donuts.

I've been a computer hacker since the early 1970's, when I got my first TRS-80 Model I (and a 300 baud modem!).

THINGS I LIKE include thrash and industrial music, body piercing (standard answers: Both nipples and navel; because I like the aesthetics, why else would anyone decorate their body?; and yes, of COURSE it hurts, but not as much as you think); tattoos (standard answers: Yes, on the small of my back; the Japanese Kanji character meaning "chaos;" and yes, of COURSE it hurts, probably more than you think); Apple computers (one G4 Cube, one AGP G4, one MacBook, one MacPro, one iBook, one Apple Lisa, and one decked-out //C); role-playing games; antique computing machinery; cyberpunk, and chaos.

Religion and Philosophy

I'm an ordained reverend in the Church of the Subgenius, which means that I know that the only thing better than Divine Forgiveness is an Excuse. I am also a practicing Discordian, which means I like tossing the occasional golden apple into a banquet hall. If you don't know what any of that means, that's okay...just beware the Stark Fist of Removal.

On a more serious note, I am a transhumanist. I believe that the universe operates according to principles which are knowable, observable, and comprehensible; and that rational and analytical thought, combined with experimentation and empirical observation, are tools with which those fundamental principles can be understood. I believe that constantly challenging ideas, including these ideas, is a necessary and vital part of understanding the natural world, and that those who do not challenge their own ideas are fundamentally and fatally handicapped in their ability to progress.

Work and Play

I own a small graphic design, training, and consulting firm called Obsidian; and spend nights photographing people and things; writing shareware programs for the Macintosh; playing chess, pool, and Age of Empires; and occasionally taking the odd random dive out of a perfectly good airplane while it's flying.

Home Life

I am a BDSM switch (a who what? Visit my BDSM page if that doesn't make sense to you); I'm mostly dominant, but not always.